The Survivor (Daniel Atlas)

Chapter 1

Have you ever had the feeling that your whole world is being torn apart, one piece at a time? Now I have. We haven't been contacted by The Eye in over nine months, and all Dylan would say was 'Be patient. The Eye has a plan.' How could we be patient? Our job was to make the world a better place. How could we do that in hiding? Honestly I was starting to loose faith in the eye, so were my companions. One of my best friends and fellow Horsemen, just got up and left, disappeared, this time from us. Henley left sometime last month, none of us sure exactly when. We found out when we went to her apartment and she was just gone, as if she were never there. Everyone was frustrated, but we never thought one of our own would leave. All of us were impacted by Henley's disappearance, Danny most of all. I was slightly jealous. He chose to move out against my protests, saying he needed to 'figure it out'.  Don't ask me what he meant by that, I have no idea. Merritt, Jack and Dylan all tried getting through to Daniel, with no luck. When they reported back to me, all they said was he wasn't doing well. He told them to tell me he felt terrible for leaving. That's it. Jack and I had a movie night, that ended up in me sobbing, again. To say I was a little depressed was an understatement. I couldn't do what I loved, and the person I loved, left me to share a king size bed by myself.

"You can't keep putting yourself through this." Jack had said.

"What else am I supposed to do Jack? There's nothing to do! I can't go outside and enjoy the sun. Danny left for reason he won't tell me."

"You know he feels terrible." Jack protested.

"And how does he think I feel! He left me! It's basically like he broke up with me." I shouted the words I had tried avoiding for the last month. When the words processed, I broke. I let out all the frustration and sadness that built up. Jack tried helping, he rubbed my back soothingly. After what felt like ages, I sat up and moved the hair from my eyes.

"If it really is over, I need closure. I just need to ask him why." I said standing from the couch.

"I'll come." Jack offered. I had to do this on my own.

"No, just stay here. I need to do it on my own, I'll be back." Jack nodded and pulled out his phone.

"His address is, 78, 123 street." That's right, he wouldn't even let them give me his new address, or phone number.

"Thanks for always being there." I said and brought him into a hug.

"Of course. Anything for you sis." Yup, we started calling each other brother and sister. We were in everything but blood. I flashed him a smile as I put my coat on and walked out the door.
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I stopped in front of a decent looking building, 78, 123 street. I took a deep breath and walked through the door and up the stairs. I came to the door getting ready to knock, but hesitated. What if there was something behind that door I didn't want to see? I shook my head at the silly thoughts and knocked on the door. I heard footsteps from the other side of it just before it opened slightly. I looked up meeting the ocean blue eyes I hadn't seen in a month. His eyes widened and opened the door a bit more.

"Phoebe? How'd you fin-"

"Look I don't want to do this in the hallway." I said and stepped into the apartment pushing past him. I looked around and saw how messy it was. Danny messy? He cleared his throat making me turn to him.

"What are you doing here?"

"I just came here to ask a question. I need closure since we're over. I just wanted to know why you left."

"What are you talking about? We aren't over." Danny stated with shock on his face.

"Danny you left. I haven't heard from you in a month! You wouldn't even let the boys give me you number! To me, that says broken up." He sighed rubbing his hands over his shortly cut hair.